Top Ten Tuesday | February 16, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

10 Book Related Problems

1. Figuring out what to read next - This is why I love monthly TBRs. I can choose from a smaller list of books rather than sitting in front of my bookshelf trying to figure out what to read next. (TBR shelf)
2. Mood Reading - I'm a major mood reader. I have to be in the mood to read a book or else I won't enjoy it at all. I've gotten to the start of a themed read-a-thon and just realized that I couldn't read any of the books that I planned to read because they weren't what I was feeling like reading.
3. Aversion to non-fiction - I know that a lot of non-fiction is really good, I just can't get myself to pick any up.
4. Reading Slumps - You know, when you just can't seem to get into anything you pick up and then end up watching the entirety of Friends on Netflix.
5. Not being able to leave a bookstore without a book - I literally can't resist buying books. And my bank account really doesn't like this habit.
6. Craving a romance - I tend to crave a romance in any book that I read. So, when I don't get one, I get really disappointed.
7. Binge-reading - I tend to binge-read. Not just an entire series, but I'll sit and read like 5 books within a fairly short amount of time and then I tire myself out and I don't want to read anymore.
8. Over-ambitious TBRs - I pick out a lot more books than is feasible for a month or a week and then I get disappointed when I don't finish it.
9. Auto-buys and cover-buys - Sometimes I really need to pay more attention to what the book is actually going to be about versus who wrote it or if it has a pretty cover.
10. Not finishing series - I have a problem with not finishing series. A lot of times it's because when I start the series, I read all the books that are out and then forget about the series and then end up with several books to read to finish the series and not remembering any of the previous books.

Top Ten Tuesday | February 3, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Books that I can't believe I haven't read from YA.

1. Looking for Alaska by John Green
2. Paper Towns by John Green
3. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5. The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
6. The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
7. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
8. The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy by Jenny Han
9. The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
10. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Monday Updates | February 2, 2015

What I read this week: 
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn
Blonde Ops by Charlotte Bennardo and Natalie Zaman

What I've Listened to this week: 
nothing finished

What I'm Reading: 


What I'm Listening to: 
Unwholly by Neal Shusterman
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

TBR for this week: 
#AYEARATHON Diversity Month

#AYEARATHON | Diversity Month

This is going to be my TBR for the #AYEARATHON read-a-thon that is this coming week. It runs February 2-8 and the theme is to read diversely. This month we are supposed to read books about or written by people who are different from us, whether it be racially, ethnically, spiritually, socio-economically (etc.). I never really think about diversity when deciding what book I want to read, I really normally just think about whether or not I like the sound of the plot. I'm really looking forward to reading things that are different from what I know. These are the books that I've picked out as possibilities for this week:

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
An Anthology of Native American Plays edited by Mimi Gisolfi D'Aponte
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen by Mitali Perkins

February TBR | 2015

So for February, I've really thought about what I've been wanting/needing to read. I'm also going to be participating in 2 read-a-thons this month: #AYEARATHON (Diversity month) and the Bookentine Read-a-thon (contemporary with specific challenges). I will go into more detail about what I'm planning on reading for those in specific posts. But here's my general TBR for the month. I wanted to give myself more options than I did in January because I read so much in January and I'm hoping that mood is going to continue (knock on wood) and I'll be able to read a lot in February too (#projectTBR). In January I didn't give myself enough options so I ended up spending a lot of time trying to figure out what I wanted to read and I didn't want to have that much of a problem this month.

Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

January Wrap Up | 2014

Books I read:

Maus I  by Art Spiegelman 

Maus II by Art Spiegelman 

Starry Night by Isabel Gillies

The Duff by Kody Keplinger
A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall
The 100 by Kass Morgan
The 100: Day 21 By Kass Morgan
Don't Expect Magic by Kathy McCullough
The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett
The Nightmare Dilema by Mindee Arnett
Mind Games by Kiersten White
Annie and Fia: A Mind Games Short Story by Kiersten White
Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn

Books I Listened to:


What I'm Currently Reading:
Blonde Ops by Charlotte Bennardo and Natalie Zaman

What I'm Currently Listening to:
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Unwholly by Neal Shusterman

#RYBSAT | Round 4

ISo this will be my 2nd time participating in the Read-your-bookshelf-a-thon. It is hosted by Miranda from BooKss101 on YouTube. I really like this read-a-thon, so I decided to participate in it again. This read-a-thon is one where you pick a point on your shelves and you read the books from there on consecutively. The hardest part, however, has been deciding on where to start. I can't decide if I want to read series or if I want to read stand alones, and I have to choose because that's how my shelf is organize (unless I rearrange things). I might skip some or read something in between if I need to read the first book before I read a sequel because my books are also separated by hardcover and softcover. I did just participate in the #AYEARATHON for this month which was stand alones, so I'm leaning towards series for this read-a-thon.

I'm reading The 100 by Kass Morgan right now, so I will be starting with the sequel to that.
What I plan on reading:

The 100: Day 21 by Kass Morgan 

Don't Expect Magic by Kathy McCullough 

The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett 

The Nightmare Dilema by Mindee Arnett 

Mind Games by Kiersten White
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Dualed by Elsie Chapman

I seriously doubt that I will get any farther than that in the read-a-thon, but if I do, I will skip both The Golden Compass (because I don't feel like that one right now) and Tempted (because I have to read 4 other books in that series before that one. Then I will read Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend. Then I will skip There's No Place Like Home (because I have another book in that series to read first). Then I would read Beneath the Glitter before continuing with Where Beauty Lies (because I want to finish that series). But I really doubth I will read more than 7 books in this read-a-thon. I think I will probably get through like 3 or 4.

Monday Updates | January 5, 2015

But seriously, it's going to take me so long to get used to writing/typing 2015. So I haven't updated in a while, but I also haven't read much at all. I've only finished one book from the last weekly TBR that I posted, but I've read more than that. It got super busy at work around the holidays (the joys of working in retail I guess). I was working 30-40 hours a week, which meant I got paid a good amount of money, but it also meant that I didn't get to read much at all. Then there was also all the holidays and getting ready for holidays, so that didn't give much time for reading either. The last book I ended up finishing in December was The Maltese Falcon. I don't know if I'll continue to read Let it Snow this month or if I'll put it down again until next year when I might have more time and it'll be the holidays again. I don't know if I want to read a book about Christmas in January. So here's what I've read since the New Year began.

I'm also going to be participating in the #AYEARATHON this week and the theme is stand alones.

What I read this week: 
Maus I by Art Spiegelman
Maus II by Art Spiegelman

What I've Listened to this week: 
nothing finished

What I'm Reading: 
Starry Night by Isabel Gillies

What I'm Listening to: 
Unwholly by Neal Shusterman

TBR for this week: 
Starry Night by Isabel Gillies
Looking for Alaska by John Green

UMM.. OOPS? August Book Haul

So I really should have my debit card taken away, and should never be allowed into a bookstore without a gift card. So originally I had it all planned out. I had my cart on Barnes & Noble ready as well as some in my cart on Amazon (got to get the best deals, am I right?). But I decided to go to Barnes & Noble with my mom because she was looking for something else to read. This is where I went terribly wrong. Not only did I buy 5 (yes, 5) books at the store that day, I also went home and semi-modified my orders and placed 2 book orders. This is what has come out of this horrible decision.